Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 51

The decisive battle in Dezhou City was in full swing. An army that came from the waterway had been divided into two groups, heading towards Dezhou City all the way, and began to sweep all the large manors outside the city.

Chengjia Village is by a small river. Most of the people here are surnamed Cheng, but they are not from the same lineage as Cheng Shao. Cheng Shao’s lineage was relocated from Ye County. These Cheng family have been living here, and their origins have been Untestable, but because the Cheng family is prominent, it has already belonged to Cheng Shao's lineage.

This time the Cheng family mobilized, many young and strong people from the Cheng family village followed, only some old people and children were left behind. Before dawn, the big yellow dog at the entrance of the village was already growling, barking very urgently.

Then they fell silent, and the frightened villagers also got up one after another, holding sickles, kitchen knives and other weapons, pushed the door out, wanting to see if the red-clothed army came to arrest people, but just opened the door, they were beaten by a knife handle He slammed it hard on the back of the head and passed out.

Many people could see a group of fast-moving villagers wearing weird clothes mobilizing like ghosts before they fell into a coma. Fortunately, it was about to dawn, otherwise they would really think that this group of people were life-seekers from hell.

These people's attacks are still divided into severity, they just fainted people, and those people who stayed in the house, they would not take a look at them. These people mounted their horses and quickly headed towards Cheng's house at the end of the village. The stretch of houses and yards belonged to the Cheng family.

At this time, these people were not so polite, they arrested some people, and even dragged out the oldest old man in the village and Li Zheng, and asked them some weird things.

The old man was obviously confused, no matter what the red-clothed army asked him, he answered irrelevant questions, obviously he also had a hearing problem, and when he was asked about the Cheng family's money, Nuonuo didn't dare to speak, and he would talk to him if he had nothing to do on weekdays. Although most of these gossips are speculations, after all, the folks in the village don't know some secrets of their families, but how dare they say these things at this time? After the Red Army left, those Chengs were working as officials in other places It is a breeze for the elders to clean themselves up.

Zheng also pretended to be confused here. When asked about the Cheng family's hidden silver, he only said that he didn't know.

Seeing the uncooperative appearance of these people, a person suddenly walked out. He was only a little over 20 years old, with dark skin, a warm smile on his face, and a pair of eyes that were as bright as stars. People couldn't help but want to get closer, just like the little brother next door , wearing a yellow and green padded armor, he is Ha Jiang Gaoqiang.

Gao Qiang waved his hands to make his subordinates retreat, and pulled Li Zheng aside. When Zheng saw this driver, he immediately panicked, thinking how this man was going to deal with him!Double-strand war, these rebels are not all masters who hide their knives with a smile!Just like Cao Cao in the drama, how would he deal with himself when he was angry.

Gao Qiang tried his best to make his smile more approachable, showing his eight-petal white front teeth, and patted Lizheng's shoulder with a smile, but he was so frightened that his body was shaking, his face was pale, and he was about to kneel and kowtow .

Baring his teeth, he quickly supported him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Sit! I just want to ask how the Li family treats you on weekdays."

Seeing Gao Qiang's friendly attitude here, and it's not about the Cheng family's money, he was relieved and started talking with him.

Gao Qiang thought that this was the kind of cautious person here, and he would have to spend a lot of time to get him to speak, but he didn't expect him to be a talkative person. A few compliments on him would make him appear light and flirtatious. It was exposed without knowing it.

Li Zheng continued to gossip about the Cheng family's gossip. Seeing the red army in the distance, driving everyone in the Cheng family out, pulling the carts of grain out, looking at the mountains of grain, Li Zheng was stunned, how could the Cheng family have so much food.

Didn't the members of the Cheng family say that the drought in the past few years has greatly reduced food production?Where did so much food come from? Compared with the Cheng family's charity, it was nothing compared to this.

Gao Qiang shrugged his shoulders, and said happily: "Who knows! But the more they save, the more enjoyable it will be for our red army to copy in the future. I have to thank you! I didn't expect that the Cheng family still has a lot of money in the distance." A Zhuangzi, it is estimated that there will be even bigger discoveries in it!"

None of the [-] cavalry under Zhu Gan knew about the actions in Chengjia Village. This was just to make them concentrate on the decisive battle. Obviously, Zhu Gan would also leave a way out for himself against a fierce man like Shang Lu Xiangsheng.

Five thousand cavalry swept past, the red army did not run away, but the two separate armies formed a cross, then joined together again, and began to kill again.

Lu Xiangsheng is a fierce man, after all, he is not a god. His original plan was to seize this short opportunity when the red-clothed army rushed past, let go of the car formation to follow and kill, so he put all the cavalry behind. Road, even he himself was ready to kill the red-clothed army in the back road, but he didn't expect that the red-clothed army didn't force the charge at all, and actually bypassed the forward in an unprecedented battle, and crossed and converged to make dumplings for him. I really don't know if the person who leads the Red Army is a lunatic or a genius.

The two armies converged at the time of the high-speed charge. Such a dangerous behavior, if you don't pay attention, will cause chaos in the formation, and the result of the chaos in the formation is that the entire army will be wiped out.

Apparently the red-clothed army did it. The full charge of 5000 people came together like a child's play, forming a big circle, which caused the morale of the officers and soldiers to drop to the bottom all at once. Firearms, shooting at close range, almost beat the officers and soldiers to the point where they couldn't hold their heads up.

Lu Xiangsheng hid in the formation, observing the red-clothed army carefully. It was almost the first time he had seen such a tenacious and coherent charge. It was flexible and changeable, but the lethality was astonishing. At this time, he could not wait any longer. Formation, let go of the car formation, wanting to fight with the red army, so that their cavalry can't take advantage of their speed.

Under the leadership of Lu Xiangsheng, the officers and soldiers came out from the rear. When Zhu Gan saw the change in the formation of the officers and soldiers, he knew that he must not hesitate, so he immediately led the people to leave quickly. Go, followed one after another, and distanced themselves from the officers and soldiers.

Lu Xiangsheng rode his horse and followed closely behind. At this time, the cavalry of the official army was recharging their energy. It was the time when their morale was high and vigorous, and they chased after the red-clothed army.

However, the red-clothed army wins because they have enough horses and donkeys. One person rides two or more, and their mobility is stronger than that of the official cavalry. Most of them recruit men from the north. They are skilled in controlling horses. After changing horses, they quickly increase their speed. distanced himself from the officers and soldiers.

"The red-clothed thieves have lost, hurry up and chase them!" The officers and soldiers shouted loudly, as if they had a victory in sight, they shouted to chase the red-clothed army.

However, Lu Xiangsheng found it strange. In general wars, few generals would dare to let their soldiers retreat suddenly when the two armies are fighting together. This has nothing to do with morale, but the formation. However, if the formation is chaotic, the other side will definitely win in morale. Under the ebb and flow, the side with the chaotic formation will no longer have the power to fight back.

Therefore, once the two sides come into contact in a field battle, either one side will be completely defeated, or the morale of the other side will retreat in fear.

But today he has seen such an army, the orders are followed by the same order, and the retreat is not chaotic, and the attack is bravely striving to be the first.

I knew that if the pursuit continued like this, the officers and soldiers would definitely be defeated, but at this time he was at the forefront of the charge, but he didn't dare to stop suddenly, otherwise he would be knocked off his horse by the cavalry behind him and crushed into meat paste, the formation was too dense After a while, he turned around and yelled at the soldiers beside him: "Show the semaphore to slow down, and let the people behind stop."

It's a pity that the opportunity for war was fleeting, and the red-clothed cavalry in front turned around gorgeously, made a big circle, and threw off the officers and soldiers to kill the infantry in the back.

Looking at the magnificent turn of the red-clothed army, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to see the shadow of the Jianzhen cavalry. The red-clothed army in front of him lacked individual bravery, but more unity and cooperation. They were as flexible as a whole, converging, seducing, and retreating , Killing a carbine, I am afraid that even Guan Ning's iron cavalry, which spent millions of dollars in silver, could not do this.

In the wilderness, when the infantry encountered the cavalry, there was no suspense other than being slaughtered. The red-clothed army rushed into the infantry camp of the officers and soldiers like a pack of hungry wolves. What's even more outrageous is that the red-clothed army actually threw the three-eyed firecracker in their hands at the officers and soldiers like a stone. It seemed that the officers and soldiers had been defeated, and then drew out their lancets and slashed.

The officers and soldiers were indeed defeated. The [-] infantry were terrified by the [-] red-clothed soldiers with high morale. Almost at the moment they collided, the officers and soldiers were routed and fled in all directions in the wilderness. At least as many as cavalry, and all the Red Army had to do was chase them down and kill them with a single blow from behind.

The BMW under his seat was already panting like a bull, let alone the bad horses under the seats of other officers and soldiers. Now the officers and soldiers are nothing more than cornered beasts, but Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to give up, shouting at the officers and soldiers to turn around and fight back.

kill!The sky-shattering roar from a distance made Lu Xiangsheng completely awake, the situation was over, and he was defeated.

"Let's go..." When he yelled this sentence, Lu Xiangsheng touched his waist with his hand, where the Shangfang sword bestowed by the emperor hung. The capital censor, the governor of the military affairs of the three provinces, and he failed the trust of the emperor, and immediately drew out the Shangfang sword and was about to kill himself.

The overall situation has been decided, Zhu Gan has already left at this time, looking at Lu Xiangsheng who is about to commit suicide, he hurriedly greeted Wang Chengen, and led his men to ride towards Lu Xiangsheng on horseback. Zhu Gan didn't want to be like this. miss.

"Dou Zhan, what are you going to do, put down the sword quickly." Zhu Gan shouted loudly, leading his personal guards to rush over quickly.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the sound, his whole body froze as if struck by lightning. He looked at Zhu Gan who was approaching in disbelief, and saw him sitting on a horse in bright armor, with his red cloak fluttering in the wind behind him like a statue. The descendant of the king.

He could hardly believe his eyes. Although Zhu Gan's appearance had become much younger, he still recognized Zhu Gan at a glance, and he was connected with the image in the palace. Afterwards, she is also so unruly, like a hawk and a wolf.

The hand holding Shang Fangjian clenched unconsciously, and whispered in his mouth, which finally turned into a sentence: "Your Majesty, minister..."

When the soldiers beside Lu Xiangsheng saw him, they seized his sword. Many people glared angrily when they saw the thief approaching. Some people raised their bows and set up arrows to take Zhu Qian's life, but Lu Xiangsheng stopped him immediately.

When Zhu Gan saw this scene, he was afraid that Lu Xiangsheng would reveal his identity, so he immediately said: "This is not a place to talk, so hurry up and retreat."

The red-clothed army also retreated. During this fight, not many people were killed, and most of them were driven away by the red-clothed army. Obviously, after the red-clothed army gained the upper hand, they deliberately kept their hands.

This battle, Zhu Gan had to fight, not only to let the red-clothed army go through a real test, but also to show the world, let the world know the strength of his red-clothed army. Going down to the empty Texas, and the extra [-] heavenly heroes, the red army went south by boat. <, fighting everywhere, Li Zicheng killed all the pacifiers, marched westward with drums, broke through Longzhou, entered Fengxiang, Baoji, and Jingyang area, tens of thousands of Luoyang peasant troops came to meet, and Guanzhong was shocked.Chen Qiyu sent He Renlong to pursue Li Zicheng. On August [-]th, Li Zicheng surrounded He Renlong in Longzhou, which was three days earlier than in history.

He Renlong was from Mizhi, Shaanxi Province. He was originally attached to Hong Chengchou, and later he followed Chen Qiyu. Li Zicheng sent Gao Jie to persuade He Renlong to surrender on the grounds that He Renlong was from his hometown, and promised him wealth. He Renlong refused and stayed in Longzhou for two months. Later, Governor Hong Chengchou ordered Zuo Guangxian to run to rescue Longzhou, and Li Zicheng led his army to leave.

Compared with the peasant army in Guanzhong, the Red Clothes Army was wiped out in a battle outside Dezhou City, which shocked the world. Although its destructive power is not as good as that of the bandits, its influence is even greater. It's too late, you must know that the imperial court not only lost a general who can fight, but also lost this ten thousand heavenly army.

And there are rumors that in the great battle that day, the red-clothed army only dispatched less than 2 cavalry, and more than [-] troops were recuperating, but the fighting power of the red-clothed army was terrifying, like a sharp knife, It seems that it has hit the vital point of Ming Ting.

A fleet of more than a hundred large ships sailed down, and it was already autumn, and the south was full of golden colors. Compared with being chilled by the north, this kind of weather seemed to have made the southerners tired and lazy. Less, perhaps because there is more water in the south, so not only the girls are watery, but even the men are a little less smokey and a little more fat.

Standing at the head of the city, Zhu Gan looked at the golden rice fields on both sides of the canal. At this moment, he looked around with his sword drawn, and he was at a loss when there were no opponents around him. To hold the whole country in my arms.

Taking a deep breath, I warned myself that if I want to break the country's stubborn disease and reopen the sky of chaos, this is just the first step to climb thousands of mountains. In an instant, I restrained my complacent expression and walked towards Lu Xiangsheng's room. What should be faced must be faced after all.

Lu Xiangsheng is not like Wang Chengen, the emperor is his heaven, no matter what the emperor does, he follows. Scholars like Lu Xiangsheng have their own universal values, and this is also the complicated entanglement in Zhu Qian's heart. He hates them no matter what. The indiscriminate stubbornness of good and bad things also admires their stubbornness.

Walking into Lu Xiangsheng's room, I saw Lu Xiangsheng sitting cross-legged on the bed, concentrating on reading the book in his hand, hearing the sound of footsteps, seeing that it was Zhu Gan, he quickly put down the book, got out of the bed and kowtowed: I see my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Zhu Gan opened the stool, sat down casually, and said with a smile, "Get up quickly! Why are you so polite? Come, sit down and talk."

Lu Xiangsheng got up as he said, and sat opposite Zhu Gan, with a calm face, without any fear or uneasiness, and looked at Zhu Gan without saying a word.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng like this, Zhu Gan also sat silently on the stool, his mind was in a mess and he didn't know how to comfort him.

On the contrary, it was Lu Xiangsheng who spoke first, his thin and fair face appeared even clearer, and his words were a little dry: "Your Majesty, don't you feel heartache at all when you see your people being injured and dying?"

It is true that Zhu Gan is no longer the real Zhu Youjian. The real Zhu Youjian has never been out of the palace and knows the sufferings of the people, but he also knows where the real stubborn disease of the Ming Dynasty is. The scholar-bureaucrat class in the dynasty has formed a super terrifying group, not to mention that the emperor wants to move, even if they are persuaded to donate, these people are not at a loss.

Why didn't the real Zhu Youjian cherish his people? When he hanged himself, the blood book said not to hurt the people.He is helpless, he can only impose suffering on the people, so maybe he can last for a few more years, maybe in his imagination, Daming will be able to get through the difficulties safely in a few years!

The scholar-bureaucrats are like parasites living on the common people until the last bone marrow of the common people is knocked dry, otherwise the scholar-bureaucrats will not give up, but now Lu Xiangsheng, who is a member of the scholar-bureaucrat class, came to ask himself this question, Zhu Gan immediately endured it. He kept patting the table, stood up and reprimanded angrily: "Lu Xiangsheng, open your lofty eyes and take a good look at the world. Daming is about to perish. Incompetent? Come and tell me, is this really the case? As one of them, how do you feel when you see the common people in dire straits."

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know why Zhu Gan suddenly became so angry, but when it came to his question, he felt cold all over his body, and he was even more shocked than when he first saw Zhu Gan that day.

There has always been a saying in the army, that is to fight live battles, and many generals rely on suppressing bandits to quickly rise, get promoted, get rich, marry wives and concubines, and there is another saying, that is, to raise bandits to be self-respecting. There were all dynasties, but by the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were obviously more.

Regarding Zhu Gan's question, Lu Xiangsheng was speechless. Looking at Zhu Gan's eyes that were so deep that they could torture the soul, he found that he could not escape, and then there was a deep-seated fear in his heart.